STEVE!!!! Thank you! Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your story with Anne (I hope this is the right Steven Smith!). So much gratitude.
God created us with an innate inbuilt good-design. One feature of that good-design is that stimulation of our sexual organs produces physical pleasure. The predator HIJACKS that innate inbuilt response for his selfish and cruel ends, taking sadistic delight in violating his victim and overcoming the victim’s resistance. “Soul murder” is an apt description of this.
PS — I used the male pronoun for predator because that’s most common, but predators can be of either sex. Mine was female.
I am so sorry to hear this happened to you, Barbara. You give a very good description of how predation works. And yes, you are not alone, male predators may be most common, but they can definitely be female! And "soul murder" is the right description - I use that term in my book.
Great interview. Raising awareness is so important. Thank you both
STEVE!!!! Thank you! Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your story with Anne (I hope this is the right Steven Smith!). So much gratitude.
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Good interview! Well done Jaime Simpson, Anne Manne, and Steven Smith. 👏👏👏
Thank you.
God created us with an innate inbuilt good-design. One feature of that good-design is that stimulation of our sexual organs produces physical pleasure. The predator HIJACKS that innate inbuilt response for his selfish and cruel ends, taking sadistic delight in violating his victim and overcoming the victim’s resistance. “Soul murder” is an apt description of this.
PS — I used the male pronoun for predator because that’s most common, but predators can be of either sex. Mine was female.
I am so sorry, Barbara. You are not alone; there are female predators, and I've had many people share with me abuse from a female.
There is a paper my supervisor wrote called Soul Murder - based on the Royal Commission, I can send it to you if you would like to read it.
I am so sorry to hear this happened to you, Barbara. You give a very good description of how predation works. And yes, you are not alone, male predators may be most common, but they can definitely be female! And "soul murder" is the right description - I use that term in my book.